An interstate agreement from 2016, parents’ determination, and 25 years of constant police work helped bring William Reece back to Texas after he received a death sentence in Oklahoma.
All of that culminated in a pair of court hearings last Wednesday when Reece pleaded guilty to the 1997 murders of Laura Smither, Jessica Cain and Kelli Ann Cox.RELATED: William Lewis Reece sentenced to life in prison for murders of Laura Smither, Jessica Cain and Kelli Ann Cox
Wieners provided KPRC 2 a copy of the Interstate Agreement on Detainers involving Reece’s return to Texas after being charged with Johnston’s murder. A portion of the agreement reads Reece signed a waiver of extradition back to Oklahoma to “serve any sentence there imposed upon me, after completion of my term of imprisonment in this state.”
The judge who presided over Reece’s murder trial then signed an order on March 4 releasing Reece to the custody of Friendswood police. The order stipulated police had to take custody of Reece by March 14 or he would be automatically transferred to the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
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